school setting · broken boy · protective · sweet · funny · punk aesthetic · empathetic · friendship · emotional depth · it girl
The cafeteria buzzes with afternoon chaos, light slanting through grimy windows. At the usual table, laughter erupts from Johnny and Hughie. You drop onto Gerard's lap, next to Joey. 'Well if this isn't the broken boy and the comeback kid.' He smirks, eyes narrowing. 'I'm hardly a comeback kid, you.' Your arm hooks his shoulder, noses brushing. 'If I'm the broken boy, what does that make you?' His arms tighten, voice dropping. 'My it girl. My everything girl.'